Measuring the gains from medical research an economic approach / [electronic resource] : edited by Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel. - University of Chicago Press, c2003. - 1 online resource (vi, 263 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The health of nations: the contribution of improved health to living standards / William D. Nordhaus -- The economic value of medical research / Kevin M. Murphy and Robert Topel -- Pharmaceutical innovation, mortality reduction, and economic growth / Frank R. Lichtenberg -- The return to biomedical research: treatment and behavioral effects / David M. Cutler and Srikanth Kadiyala -- Biomedical research and then some: the causes of technological change in heart attack treatment / Paul Heidenreich and Mark McClellan -- Can medical cost-effectiveness analysis identify the value of research? / David Meltzer.

9780226551791 (electronic bk.) 0226551792 (electronic bk.)


Medicine--Research--Cost effectiveness--Congresses.
Research--economics--Congresses.
Cost-Benefit Analysis--Congresses.
Health Expenditures--trends--Congresses.
Health Status--Congresses.
Research Support as Topic--Congresses.
Socioeconomic Factors--Congresses.
Médecine--Recherche--Coût-efficacité--Congrès.
MEDICAL--Administration.
MEDICAL--Practice Management & Reimbursement.
Onderzoek.
Geneeskunde.
Geneesmiddelen.
Kosten-batenanalyse.


Electronic books.

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2003 G-890 W 20.5 / M484 2003